Wind Lake, Wisconsin is a small town with a population of just over 1,800 people. It has a vibrant political landscape, with many local politicians and political organizations serving the community. The Wind Lake Democratic Party works to promote progressive values and policies in the community, while the Wind Lake Republican Party works to preserve conservative values and protect the rights of its citizens. In recent years, there have been heated debates around important issues such as taxation and regulation of business. Every election season brings new candidates into the mix hoping to make a difference in Wind Lake and surrounding areas. From local school board elections to state-wide races, Wind Lake residents have their hands full when it comes to keeping up with politics!
The political climate in Wind Lake, WI is somewhat conservative.
Racine County, WI is leaning conservative. In Racine County, WI 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Racine county remained Republican, 51.2% to 47.1%.
Racine county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wind Lake, WI is somewhat conservative.
Racine County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Racine Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Wind Lake, Wisconsin: r r d d r r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Wind Lake, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 633 contributions totaling $49,202 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 632 contributions totaling $106,764 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)